15 Depressing Posts About How The Student Debt System Is Affecting People’s Lives

Student debt has become one of the hot topics for 2020 presidential candidates, but for the people affected it is more than a campaign strategy.

Tuition fees have risen roughly three times the rate of inflation between the years of 2007 and 2018, according to a College Board survey. Averaging $34,000 per person, borrowers currently owe above $1.5 trillion in student loans.

Below is a list of tweets from people sharing their stories of how the U.S. student debt crisis has impacted their lives since graduation.

When I was 17 I went to get a Limp Bizkit tattoo and when they wouldn’t let me because I didn’t have a guardian’s approval, I cried and punched a lamp post. 3 months later I was allowed to take on $119,000 in loans to go to art school.

I graduated undergrad with $38,200 in loans.
To date I’ve paid $20,763.
My balance is: $37,615.
Dear Media: Tell me again how I can’t afford a house because of an avocado toast trend instead of saying how #StudentLoans are a fucking trap that keeps ppl in debt.